Six

Both Yuri and Dimitri sent me home, I alone had nothing to say, but Yuri can’t stop giving jokes about the looks on Pasha’s face when I had use my power on him. I shuddered as he spoke upon that subject. I was afraid of myself. Dimitri did not laugh about it, he did not reply either. But when Yuri changed the subject, immediately Dimitri joined in. I guess Yuri purposely spoke in Russian so that I wouldn’t understand. But this was the first time after we met each other again, Dimitri had actually laughed, and talk normally like some normal human with no regrets. It was like he had no duty to care about.
I couldn’t make myself to speak, as I could see his smile was so beautiful. Yuri is perfect as well, but somehow he had this bad boy look. I can’t deny that Dimitri had a bad ass look as well. Somehow, he gave me a feel that he was invincible, undefeatable. But Yuri is like a play boy, his hair was all perfectly comb and his smile has that pinch of playfulness in it. It was like looking at two different angels. They were both perfect.
‘After we drop you, we’ll be taking turns to guard you. Dimitri will be the one doing rounding, I’ll be close by the house at all time.’ Yuri said with his cheeky smile.
‘But…… I mean…… What if Janine ask me where have I when to? Or why you two drop me off. Or even ask about Jason!’ I asked.
‘Tell her we are Jason’s friends. And we were comforting you about his death as the police had found him dead in the forest due to and animal attack.’ Yuri said once again. I felt a striking pain in my chest. Am I to lie about Jason’s death? It hurts so much learning that Pasha was the one to kill Jason. He was totally innocent, and he was the one to die. I hated that fact. I hated myself. I could have saved him at the first place.
‘What did Pasha meant by Jason’s humanity is no longer there? When Jason saw me, it was like before, I mean…… soft and comforting.’ I asked.
‘When one human is turned into a vampire, his humanity would slowly leak away. He would start killing and he would want to kill more. The more he kills the more evil he would become. And in the end he would become so evil that everything that may seems nice to you, has a back stabbing evil plan. That boy must have killed over 20 people to become such an animal. Maybe that’s why Pasha killed him. But hey, either way there is no cure for that. Even you left it the way he is it won’t change a thing, you would still have to kill him. Either you kill him, or you’ll see him suffers. And PS, some of them kill and then feel remorse about it and they would torture themselves, in the end they would still kill. So which would you choose?’ Yuri asked.
I nodded, not knowing what to answer; I still hated Pasha for turning Jason into a vampire. He was innocent. If Pasha already known all these, why would he still do that to Jason? I gripped my hand into a fist and can’t help but punch the front sit. Yuri looked at me in shock and laughed.
‘Hey! Is not my fault, if you want to hit Pasha, be my guest. I hate the son of a bitch as well.’ Yuri said. His tone was like he was joking but somehow, at the end of his sentence there was a grunt. Is like he really wanted me to hit Pasha.
After Dimitri drop me off the front gate, I was right, Janine came rushing towards me and hugged me tightly. She checked every part of my body making sure I was alright. She looked at me all worried and shook her head.
‘Where have you been? I was looking all over the place for you! Didn’t you saw the news? Oh, God, you must be devastated.’ She hugged me once again. ‘You must have heard, didn’t you? That’s why you weren’t around. Oh, poor girl.’
Tears began to fall; it isn’t only because of Jason. It was because I had to lie to my family about this. Especially Janine, I had once promised her that I would tell her everything. I would treat her like my best friend. But with this I couldn’t, no, it’s too dangerous.
‘Who were the guys that sent you back?’ She asked. She must be trying to change the subject.
‘They were…..’ Something make me paused. I couldn’t tell her they were Jason’s friends. Because Janine knows everything about Jason, she knew that he wouldn’t have friends that are actually Russians. There is no way. ‘They’re Pasha’s friends. When I heard about it, Pasha and his friends brought me to the scene.’ I shuddered as I remember Pasha was the one that brought me to the place where Jason had killed over 20 people.
‘Pasha? Who’s that?’ She asked.
‘A new student in school, he was nice enough to bring me there.’ Another shivering cold wind blew against my skin. He was the one to be nice enough to bring me there to witness, the cruel doings of his.
‘O…… Come on in now. Even though we’re in Miami, the night breeze is freezing, so let’s go in and have dinner.’ Janine believed what I had said, without any suspicion at all.
After dinner, I slowly walk to that swing that we used to sit together, in that beautiful garden. As I sat down, I couldn’t help but flashed back the time we were together. I missed his bright smile, I missed his blue eyes. I missed everything about him. I pulled my leg up and hug them. Yuri and Dimitri must have started their rounding.
Guilt began to build within me, the last night I was waiting for Jason, my soul where somewhere else. I was thinking about Dimitri, I was day dreaming about him. Jason had loved me with all his heart, yet, that disgraceful me had fell in love with someone else. I hated myself.
Just as I was busy hating myself, Yuri appeared out of nowhere, standing as gracefully as ever with his cheeky smile, he looked at me. I looked up not knowing what to say.
‘Dimitri must have really loved you.’ He said.
‘Loved?’ I asked. What’s with the pass tense?
‘Well, he promised Pasha that it was ‘loved’ no longer ‘love’. But I could see it in his eyes, he is having problem facing the fact that you still have to marry Pasha.’ He replied.
I felt like a thousand needles stabbed straight into me. ‘Loved’? Must it be with the ‘ed’? I shook my head away from the topic and quickly changed it. ‘When I was with Jason and I was oblivious of the happenings, have you guys been around…… protecting me?’ I asked.
‘Yeah, me, Dimitri and ……’ He gave a short paused and sighed. It was like I was reminding him of something sad. ‘and Shane Wild.’ He continued.
‘I’ve never seen or heard of him before. I mean at least just now.’
‘He died.’
‘What? Did he died protecting me?!’ I asked.
He didn’t reply, his face was filled with sorrow. He seems so different from the Yuri I just met, he seems less carefree now. I felt like giving myself a slap as I realize that changing the topic away from Dimitri, in the end just brought up a Shane out of nowhere which had made the atmosphere way worst.
‘Dimitri is going rounding now. I will be close by. And tomorrow we’ll be going to school. No worries, we wouldn’t be like those movies like kind of body guards.’ He said with his cheeky smile once again.
School…… Rachel would just be proving how right she is right now. I am nothing but bad luck. Yes, I did cause Jason’s death. Tears began to fall from my eyes. For the first time in a very long time, I felt my heart aches so much. Realizing I’m the one that should have stayed away from Jason so that he would have been having fun partying right this moment instead of dead. And even before his death, he had to be falling straight into the depths of evil and he had to see himself turning into a monster.